UPDATED: JUN 26, 2007 From tap, apparently the last keg available, put on at McKenzies Minneapolis. Huge thanks to hellomynameis for letting me know about this being on! Pours black with a brown rim, thick creamy brown head which looks like lovely chocolate cream. Aroma is a complex sweet coffee, chocolate and liqourice blend, slight molasses note. Thick mouthfeel. Flavour is sweet, complex blend of liqourice and chocolate. A distinct fruity note that is non-citric, seems like peach to me. Finish is a long mellow sweet blend of the chocolate and coffee notes hitting a wonderfull bitterness. You keep tasting the chocolate on your lips and the bitterness on you tongue. Very lovely and perfectly balanced.

RBSG Second sample at the brewery didn’t have th peach note and was more hoppy and fresh compared to the McKenzies tapped version.

Entered to celebrate my 9700th rating with the curently 4th highest rated beer on Ratebeer. Drunk at GABF 2007. A black beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet and very roasted, combined with notes of chocolate and coffee. The flavor is sweet with notes of chocolate, coffee, and roasted malt, as well as a light note of alcohol. The flavor is very balanced. Nice one.

Bottled, thanks Marsblursi! Very black, rich beige head. Concentrated coffee aroma with some black currant. Hops mixed with brandy and licorice. Vinous and not overly full sized. Very well made in that ther is no stickyness at all. Creates elegance out of a chaotic orchestra of flavours: chocolate. molasses, oat flakes, port and licorice. Finishes salty and very bitter.

Bottle. Thanks to hrking for this gem. Pours a black color with a longlasting tan head. Has a roasted malty coffe and chocolate aroma with some hints of vanilla. Roasted heavy malty chocolate flavor with some hints of coffe and some weak hints of dark fruit. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish with a long bitter aftertaste.

UPDATED: MAY 3, 2014 Bottle at home feb20 2009...Big thanks to BDR for this... wow this has a lovely full creamy mouth feel. rich and silky ... Nose is a big soft smooth roast with a little chocolate and mellow big pine hops... flavour is dominated by just how nice the palate is... but once you wallow in its smooth silky richness you start to notice rich smooth chocolate malts ... low bitternesss and a spice pine hop in its linger ... Im not fond of hoppy stouts so was worried i wouldnt like this but its really quite lovely... though pine does build quite a lot over time 4.3... AH as i get further through this, its the hop that keeps on giving and destroys any other flavours. This is one of the beers. that i think a small sample(50ml) (4.3) or a larger one(250ml) (3.9) do end up with a different rating. Plus i suspect if i had the whole thing to myself it would have dropped another point or two by the end of the Bottle (Final score 3.9)
Bottle at home ... thanks to Badgerben ... 2010 vintage drunk 060511 ... dark black.. thin tan head ... soft coffee roast .. huge oily hop ... some tobacco nose ... sweet juicy raisins and cherry ... bitter chocolate ... lots of coffeee .. light molasses .... this is much better than i remember ...quite sweet rich and oily ... very smooth. 4.4 oh i am F... loving this and it didnt seem to get wearing at all this time. loved every drop
Tap at the Copenhagen beer festival... Dark black... Thin tan head... Dar roast dark malt... Rich roast... Dark berries... Rich roast. Malts 4.2

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